Infrastructure Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Infrastructure Engineer salary in the Midlands is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 155 184
Rank change year-on-year +63 +29 -62
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 321 185 186
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.76% 1.93% 1.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.92% 2.16% 1.81%
Number of salaries quoted 283 117 160
10th Percentile £35,250 £37,500 £31,180
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,563 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £59,750 £57,500 £61,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +6.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,985 8,560 10,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.46% 94.83%
Number of salaries quoted 8,223 4,758 7,103
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,925 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,706
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands +67 164 £45,000 -10.00% 20
West Midlands +42 157 £45,000 -5.26% 26
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Infrastructure Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 314 (97.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 166 (51.71%) Azure
3 152 (47.35%) Windows
4 132 (41.12%) Microsoft
5 122 (38.01%) Microsoft 365
6 120 (37.38%) VMware
7 108 (33.64%) Active Directory
8 103 (32.09%) Windows Server
9 91 (28.35%) VMware Infrastructure
10 89 (27.73%) Hyper-V
11 84 (26.17%) Firewall
12 73 (22.74%) Social Skills
13 62 (19.31%) DNS
14 57 (17.76%) PowerShell
15 55 (17.13%) AWS
16 52 (16.20%) DHCP
16 52 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
17 51 (15.89%) SAN
18 50 (15.58%) Microsoft Exchange
19 48 (14.95%) Cybersecurity
20 43 (13.40%) Data Centre
20 43 (13.40%) Linux
21 42 (13.08%) SharePoint
21 42 (13.08%) Microsoft Intune
22 41 (12.77%) WAN
23 38 (11.84%) Cisco
24 36 (11.21%) ITIL
24 36 (11.21%) Veeam
24 36 (11.21%) Entra ID
25 35 (10.90%) LAN

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 50 (15.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 42 (13.08%) SharePoint
3 12 (3.74%) IIS
4 6 (1.87%) Apache
5 2 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (0.62%) JBoss
5 2 (0.62%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.62%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (6.23%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.62%) CATIA
2 2 (0.62%) NASTRAN
Business Applications
1 2 (0.62%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 166 (51.71%) Azure
2 122 (38.01%) Microsoft 365
3 55 (17.13%) AWS
4 36 (11.21%) Entra ID
5 13 (4.05%) Google Workspace
6 7 (2.18%) GCP
6 7 (2.18%) Mimecast
6 7 (2.18%) PaaS
7 6 (1.87%) Amazon S3
7 6 (1.87%) IaaS
8 5 (1.56%) Azure Pipelines
8 5 (1.56%) Nutanix
8 5 (1.56%) SaaS
9 4 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
9 4 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.25%) Azure Stack
10 3 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.93%) Serverless
11 2 (0.62%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.62%) OpenDNS
Communications & Networking
1 84 (26.17%) Firewall
2 62 (19.31%) DNS
3 52 (16.20%) DHCP
4 51 (15.89%) SAN
5 41 (12.77%) WAN
6 35 (10.90%) LAN
7 34 (10.59%) TCP/IP
8 31 (9.66%) VLAN
9 27 (8.41%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (3.74%) SSL
10 12 (3.74%) Wireless
11 11 (3.43%) WLAN
12 10 (3.12%) SD-WAN
12 10 (3.12%) VPN
13 9 (2.80%) Network Security
14 8 (2.49%) FTP
14 8 (2.49%) HTTP
14 8 (2.49%) SMTP
14 8 (2.49%) SNMP
14 8 (2.49%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.05%) Amazon RDS
2 10 (3.12%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.87%) MySQL
4 5 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.25%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (1.25%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.25%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 6 (1.87%) Git
2 2 (0.62%) GitLab
2 2 (0.62%) JIRA
2 2 (0.62%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 73 (22.74%) Social Skills
2 25 (7.79%) Finance
3 17 (5.30%) Retail
4 15 (4.67%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (4.05%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.43%) Law
7 8 (2.49%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.56%) Aerospace
8 5 (1.56%) Automotive
8 5 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.56%) Legal
9 4 (1.25%) Aviation
9 4 (1.25%) Avionics
9 4 (1.25%) Games
10 3 (0.93%) Digital Healthcare
10 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.62%) Local Government
11 2 (0.62%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.87%) .NET
1 6 (1.87%) .NET Framework
1 6 (1.87%) XML
2 2 (0.62%) CSS
2 2 (0.62%) LAMP
2 2 (0.62%) Middleware
2 2 (0.62%) V-Ray
3 1 (0.31%) JSON
3 1 (0.31%) LDAP
3 1 (0.31%) SAML
3 1 (0.31%) ServiceStack
3 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (13.40%) Data Centre
2 13 (4.05%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.12%) CCTV
4 9 (2.80%) Enterprise Storage
5 8 (2.49%) EFT
5 8 (2.49%) Replication
6 7 (2.18%) Clustering
6 7 (2.18%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.56%) Security Operations Centre
8 4 (1.25%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.25%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.25%) NHS
9 3 (0.93%) IBM Mainframe
9 3 (0.93%) Mainframe
9 3 (0.93%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.62%) BYOD
10 2 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.62%) Housing Association
10 2 (0.62%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 152 (47.35%) Windows
2 103 (32.09%) Windows Server
3 43 (13.40%) Linux
4 23 (7.17%) Windows Server 2019
5 22 (6.85%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (5.30%) Windows Server 2012
7 8 (2.49%) Unix
8 6 (1.87%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.93%) Android
9 3 (0.93%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.93%) CentOS
9 3 (0.93%) SUSE
9 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (0.93%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.93%) zOS
10 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.62%) VMS
10 2 (0.62%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.31%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (97.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 52 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (14.95%) Cybersecurity
4 36 (11.21%) ITIL
5 26 (8.10%) Disaster Recovery
6 24 (7.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (7.48%) DevOps
7 22 (6.85%) Roadmaps
8 20 (6.23%) Migration
9 18 (5.61%) CI/CD
10 16 (4.98%) Infrastructure Management
10 16 (4.98%) Project Management
11 15 (4.67%) Agile
11 15 (4.67%) Change Management
11 15 (4.67%) Customer Service
12 14 (4.36%) High Availability
13 13 (4.05%) Data Protection
14 12 (3.74%) Incident Response
14 12 (3.74%) Mentoring
14 12 (3.74%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 57 (17.76%) PowerShell
2 12 (3.74%) SQL
3 8 (2.49%) Bash
4 4 (1.25%) Python
5 3 (0.93%) Bicep
5 3 (0.93%) Java
6 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.31%) Swift
Qualifications
1 17 (5.30%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (4.05%) CCNA
3 10 (3.12%) Degree
4 7 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (2.18%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.18%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 6 (1.87%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.87%) MCSE
6 4 (1.25%) CCA
6 4 (1.25%) Citrix Certification
7 3 (0.93%) CCDA
8 2 (0.62%) CCNP
8 2 (0.62%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.62%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.62%) MCITP
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
9 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.31%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.87%) QA
3 5 (1.56%) GDPR
3 5 (1.56%) SOC 2
4 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.25%) NIST
5 3 (0.93%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.62%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 108 (33.64%) Active Directory
2 91 (28.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 89 (27.73%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.36%) Docker
5 10 (3.12%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.80%) Virtual Servers
6 9 (2.80%) vSphere
7 5 (1.56%) Terminal Services
8 3 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.62%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 2 (0.62%) pfSense
10 1 (0.31%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 42 (13.08%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (6.23%) Ansible
3 19 (5.92%) SCCM
3 19 (5.92%) Terraform
4 11 (3.43%) Kubernetes
5 9 (2.80%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.18%) Docker Swarm
6 7 (2.18%) WSUS
7 4 (1.25%) Data Guard
7 4 (1.25%) Failover Clustering
7 4 (1.25%) SCOM
8 3 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.93%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.62%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.62%) VxRail
10 1 (0.31%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.31%) Nessus
10 1 (0.31%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 132 (41.12%) Microsoft
2 120 (37.38%) VMware
3 38 (11.84%) Cisco
4 36 (11.21%) Veeam
5 34 (10.59%) Citrix
6 24 (7.48%) Dell
7 21 (6.54%) HP
8 14 (4.36%) Google
9 13 (4.05%) Meraki
10 12 (3.74%) Globalscape
11 11 (3.43%) Sophos
12 10 (3.12%) Acronis
13 8 (2.49%) EqualLogic
13 8 (2.49%) SolarWinds
14 7 (2.18%) NetApp
15 6 (1.87%) Oracle
16 5 (1.56%) Commvault
16 5 (1.56%) IBM
16 5 (1.56%) Nasuni
16 5 (1.56%) Rapid7